Spool receptacle



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e. GALLETTE SPOOL nscsr'mcns' Filed April 4, i922 Patented June 24, 1%24.

rarer GASTON GALLETTE, O1 NICE, FRANCE.

SPOGL RECEPTACLE.

Application filed April To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAsToN GALLETTE, a citizen of the Republic of France, and a resident of Nice, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles for containing, displaying and holding while in use, spools of thread, cotton, silk, or the like, and is adapted to be used not only in small sizes by housewives and individual users, but in the larger sizes in manufacturing establishment-s andsimilar places.

()ne of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a device which when closed shall protect a spool of thread from exposure to dust, etc., and which when opened will hold saidspool in a convenient position for use, and will at the same time secure said spool against accidental and intentional removal, misplacement or loss.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various elements and parts, as set forth in the claim forming part of this specification, one embodiment of the invent-ion being shown in the accompanying drawings and herein described.

In the said drawings,

Fig. l is a perspective view of a device embodying n invention, showing the same closed;

Fig. 2 is a'vertical section along the line 2*2 of Fig. 1; showing the device closed;

Fig. 3 is a similar sectional view showing the same open;

Fig. i is a top or plan view showing the device open; and

Fig. 5 is a view of a modified form in which the spool is shown in a longitudinal instead of a vertical position.

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodiment thereof which 1 have selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings and description in this specification, which embodiment shows a device adapted to hold two spools, I provide a box 6 provided with a cover 7 pivotally attached thereto. The cover may be provided with means adapted to secure the same in a closed position. not shown in the drawings. To the inside of the cover 7, I provide an inwardly projecting member 8 to the end of which is pivotally secured one end of a link 9, the

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other end of which is pivotally secured to a supporting shelf 10 which is pivotally secured to the front of the boX;

This shelf 10 in the drawings bears upwardly projecting spindles 11 adapted to receive spools of thread or the like 12. The upper ends of the spindles 11 are screwthreaded and adapted to bear internally screw-tln'eaded caps 13 which retain the spools in place upon the spindles.

The inside of the cover 7 may be provided with a cushion 14, adapted to receive pins and needles, and th like. i

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5, the

spool is shown supported in a horiontal position instead of vertical as in the form already described, the samebeing journaled on supports 15 extending upward from the shelf 10.

The operation of my invention will be easily understood from the drawings and from what has been above said with regard to the construction.

The advantages of my invention are that the spools may be, when the cover is closed, protected from exposure to dust, etc., that by merely opening the cover the spools are not only exposed, but are also raised into a position for convenient use, and that the spools are secured by the screw cap at the top of the spindle from loss. It is well known that in sewing rooms, whether in a family residence or in larger manufacturing establish-Q ments, spools of thread are easily misplaced and cannot always be found when needed, that the ends of the thread are apt to become loose and entangled, that, more especially in larger manufacturing establishinents, spools of thread are apt to be drop ed upon the floor and lost or soiled, and t at there is much wastage of thread resulting therefrom, also that in such establishments there is much loss from unauthorized carrying away of loose spools of thread by operatives. All of these disadvantages may be easily done away with by the use of my in-, vention. I do not limit myself to the particular forms of the invention which I have shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications of the same may be made .vithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; for instance, the device may be made large and adapted to contain a great number of spools of different sizes. 7

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is as follows:

A spool receptacle comprising in con1bination a receptacle, a hinged cover therefor, a pivoted spool support in said receptacle, a spindle on said support adapted to receive a spool and means operatively connecting said support and said cover so that When the 1 cover is open the support is raised and the moaeie spool brought into available position, and when the cover is closed the support is lowered and the spool swung into position in the receptacle: said means comprising a link pivotally connected to said cover and to said support.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 31st day of March, 1922.

GASTON GALLETTE. 

